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Painter · Photographer

Chuck Close.

Chuck Close (1940–2021) was an American painter and photographer known for his huge portraits built from grids. He kept painting after a spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him largely paralysed.

Based in
Monroe, Washington, USA
Lived
1940 – 2021
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